New Delhi, Delhi, 23rd of October, 2025 : Shri Tarun Kumar Pithode, an Officer of the 2009 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Madhya Pradesh Cadre, has taken charge as the new full-time Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), with effect from today.

Serving as the Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Pithode has now assumed the role of the Member-Secretary of the Commission. He has been appointed for an overall tenure of five years upto 08.09.2029, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Shri Pithode, IAS succeeds Shri Arvind Kumar Nautiyal, IRSME (1992), in this key position.

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